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and defense personnel based upon legal guidance that has since been repudiated. the most important decision may have been to declare the geneva convention did not apply to al qaeda and taliban captives in afghanistan or guantanamo. the administration never specified what rules would apply instead. the task force believes that u.s. defense intelligence professionals and service members in harm's way need absolutely clear orders on the treatment of detainees, requiring, at a minimum, compliance with common article three of the geneva convention. this was not done. civilian leaders and military commanders have an affirmative responsibility to ensure that their sub ard natures comply with the laws of war. president obama has committed to observe the geneva conventions through an executive order, about the a future president could change it by the stroke of a pen. congress, one of our recommendations, needs to work with the administration to strengthen torture statutes, the war crimes act, and the uniform code of military justice to remove the loopholes that allow tor
and defense personnel based upon legal guidance that has since been repudiated. the most important decision may have been to declare the geneva convention did not apply to al qaeda and taliban captives in afghanistan or guantanamo. the administration never specified what rules would apply instead. the task force believes that u.s. defense intelligence professionals and service members in harm's way need absolutely clear orders on the treatment of detainees, requiring, at a minimum, compliance...
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, that we did in fact passed a defense appropriations bill. we didn't do a lot of those. within the context, we were able th wt weaecognize thaitization r deease funding? >> the national intelligence program, which i manage straddles two independent tions these. the bulk of program is carried in the department of defense budget. so not to get to be in a sequestration arcana here, but the net, the program was divided into 700 ppa from the planned program activities that covers the entire extent. every one of those had to be eat late taxed. the congress imposed a more onerous, more restrict it from a comma rules that on my ability to move money from ppa to ppa. i have small pdas with not a lot of money but for whatever reason decided there needed to be more over the national intelligence program. the effect of the fy 13 of her rations that did help us in that it allowed us to move money around civic and that the money into the path we are committed to by virtue of the fact were five men in before we got a bill. sowo ba dister t it. a cab structu
, that we did in fact passed a defense appropriations bill. we didn't do a lot of those. within the context, we were able th wt weaecognize thaitization r deease funding? >> the national intelligence program, which i manage straddles two independent tions these. the bulk of program is carried in the department of defense budget. so not to get to be in a sequestration arcana here, but the net, the program was divided into 700 ppa from the planned program activities that covers the entire...
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overruns, delays, and the way it has been structured to, as i read in the peace, the most effective defense attribute may not be all of the raiders and sensors and missiles and stealth technology and the ability to fight supersonic speeds. it may well be the way it has been designed to evade budget cutters in washington. more sunday at 8:00 on c- span's "q &a." >> when the war began, congress came into session in july and issued the clinton resolution that articulated the consensus, or goals of the united states. and it was very simple. very clear. the purpose of this war is to restore the union. disrupt thet to social institutions of the south. everyone knew what that meant. in it meant not to disrupt slavery. texas austinsity of professor on the political and legal factors of emancipation on lectures in history saturday night at 8:00 eastern. >> second prize winners in the student cam competition. there documentary of the city." ♪ >> long before barack obama was president you work as a chicago community organizer after college. president obama's as part of why he went into politics was
overruns, delays, and the way it has been structured to, as i read in the peace, the most effective defense attribute may not be all of the raiders and sensors and missiles and stealth technology and the ability to fight supersonic speeds. it may well be the way it has been designed to evade budget cutters in washington. more sunday at 8:00 on c- span's "q &a." >> when the war began, congress came into session in july and issued the clinton resolution that articulated the...
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the conditions of the defense camp for the part of a detainee with the extended detention, the hope of getting out of guantanamo bay, the first part of that ended there is an application of the geneva convention and they were in discussions. when they didn't happen that had the second hundred strike. the restraint was introduced. it is now was a hunger strike occurring with very different circumstances. the last converse strike seemed to have been broken by the use of the force feeding because the numbers dropped off dramatically during the force feeding. in addition, you have to believe that there was some hope in association with that that the detainee's salles in addition to a forced feeding. this time we are dealing with force feeding and hundred strikers who may have much less hope. in fact, the reason for the hunger strike is an absence of hope so we are concerned that force feeding is being used, second we don't have a lot of transparency on how that is being done and third, it is very hard to see how we are going to have a reasonable doubt come here without some sort. .. probab
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but this is one of those defensive sectors that's trading at all-time highs. >> dropper, halliburton down 5%. dr. j? >> this is what we're talking about with the drillers and so forth. support for the oil stocks. halliburton just taking it hard down 5%. but esv, diamond offshore, all of them hit. i think they could see more pressure if we see crude oil drift lower. >> had a drop for csx. >> they reported earnings. and eps was all right. but if you look at year on year performance, revenue was down. coal prices are down. container prices are down. and fuel costs are up. that's not really a great recipe for them. that said, at 13 times i think we might see things close to the bottom here. >> that was our abbreviated version today. the president's comments set to start in just a moment's time. live pictures from the rose garden. we'll bring that when it happens. back right after this. welcnew york state, where cutting taxes for families and businesses is our business. we've reduced taxes and lowered costs to save businesses more than two billion dollars to grow jobs, cut middle class in
but this is one of those defensive sectors that's trading at all-time highs. >> dropper, halliburton down 5%. dr. j? >> this is what we're talking about with the drillers and so forth. support for the oil stocks. halliburton just taking it hard down 5%. but esv, diamond offshore, all of them hit. i think they could see more pressure if we see crude oil drift lower. >> had a drop for csx. >> they reported earnings. and eps was all right. but if you look at year on year...
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none of our defenses will be perfect. the intelligence up front is not going to be perfect. things are going to get through. you hope you have a series of other protective measures in place. at the parade route, in the region. that might catch these things and reduce casualties. but regrettably, we've been surprised in the past. i hate to say it, although we're a lot better and safer than we were in 2001, we're going to continue to have these surprises in the future. >> but since 2001, what have we learned about investigating these sorts of incidents? and even the technology itself, as it improved significantly since then? >> it really has. and i would say on almost every front, the improvements are really significant. what we have defended against extremely effectively, is a large-scale catastrophic attack like what we saw on 9/11. and these sorts of things, our intelligence, our coordination on investigation, across agencies, between the federal and local government, are vastly better. our technology for detecting explosives and follow-up investigations, vastly better. the
none of our defenses will be perfect. the intelligence up front is not going to be perfect. things are going to get through. you hope you have a series of other protective measures in place. at the parade route, in the region. that might catch these things and reduce casualties. but regrettably, we've been surprised in the past. i hate to say it, although we're a lot better and safer than we were in 2001, we're going to continue to have these surprises in the future. >> but since 2001,...
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i know, you're not secretary of defense. but the top line considerations where you have moved to try and help offset some of the cost of the sequestration lookinged at which are far surplus to what we need at home and abroad and maybe stopping the decline and the% age that military personnel pay the retiree for their health care. which is actually going down. it's going up for everybody else. some of my friends on the other side of the aisle particularly those responsibility are somehow pretenlding this would be outrageous. it's a violation of all that is holly and not going get their support. can we move forward with the department of defense if we don't start looking at some of the areas? >> congressman, not currently in my area of responsibility i spent a great deal of time working defense department during the plan. i think that the strategic plan the defense department put together to save $500 billion over ten years is one of the best piece of strategic budget planning i have ever seen. it reflects military and civilia
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. >> and y could use a 12-gauge shotgun and have a good defensive effect. and there's the element of surprise. you've got police all over the place in watertown, so i don't really think that this is applicable. i think there are people that want to make this argument, but 12-gauge shotgun, there are many weapons, 2,000-plus weapons that are available to people for choice without an assault weapon. >> we're running out of time. so i'm not going to give you a chance to answer that question, congressman king. i'll give you a chance to answer the other question. this has also spilled into the debate over immigration reform. some conservatives like charles grassley, senator from iowa, are saying, before we reform the system, we ought to focus more on who we let into this country. your response? >> first of all, i don't think it should have a severe impact on the immigration debate. i do think it should focus on whether or not it should be refined, and if people are coming from a country which has terrorist background, if there's a strong terrorist element in tha
. >> and y could use a 12-gauge shotgun and have a good defensive effect. and there's the element of surprise. you've got police all over the place in watertown, so i don't really think that this is applicable. i think there are people that want to make this argument, but 12-gauge shotgun, there are many weapons, 2,000-plus weapons that are available to people for choice without an assault weapon. >> we're running out of time. so i'm not going to give you a chance to answer that...
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reports from china's defense ministry says the strategy is changing the region in favor of japan, philippines and vietnam. >>> "the washington post" looks at a sweeping immigration deal reached by a group of democratic and republican senators. the bill offers millions of illegal immigrants a chance to be citizens. it also creates tens of thousands of new visas for foreign workers in low skilled jobs. >>> "the los angeles times" says the gun control bill face as tougher road in the senate. the proposal from senators joe manchin and pat toomey would extend background checks for gun sales. officials say it does not yet have the votes to be added to a larger piece of gun legislation. a vote on the amendment is not expected until at least tomorrow. >>> the"wall street journal" says gold prices have hit a two-year low. it was the largest one-day loss in 30 years. >> "the new york times" reports on the pulitzer prizes. newspaper won four yesterday. the others include an independent nonprofit organization called inside climate news. it won the price for national reporting for its coverage of the dang
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intelligence agency and entire defense enterprise. many of whom are formerly deployed directly supported u.s. and allied military forces in afghanistan and 141 countries and 262 locations around the world. i have been the director for nearly eight month now i cannot emphasize how proud and privileged i am to serve our nation in this capacity. as our defense strategy highlights our nation at the moment of transition. the global security environment as director clapper just stated presents increasingly complex challenges and growing list of threat and adversary. and demands on the united states intelligence system have skyrocketed in recent years they are only expected to increase. the united states faces an uncertain security environment marked by a broad spectrum of dissimilar threat from nation states, nonnation state actors, highly adaptive transnaiol terrorist ne proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and looming and dangerous threat of cyberattacks against our defense coour nation'scritical infrastructure. i view this latte
intelligence agency and entire defense enterprise. many of whom are formerly deployed directly supported u.s. and allied military forces in afghanistan and 141 countries and 262 locations around the world. i have been the director for nearly eight month now i cannot emphasize how proud and privileged i am to serve our nation in this capacity. as our defense strategy highlights our nation at the moment of transition. the global security environment as director clapper just stated presents...
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we have to think of this as a set of multi layer defenses. and because we have an attack like this does not mean that we are not safe. it means that we are going to live for the foreseeable future with -- what we should take from this is we have to defend against these things, reduce the likelihood of the big, big scale attacks, and then be really resilient. and we've heard that from first responders and bystanders about how they're not going to let this affect their lives. this is a tragedy, but we shouldn't take this as the system has failed, we're not safer -- we are. but things are going to get through and we're going to have tragedies like we will today. >> and one of the only ways that we can help frustrate the aims of people who do things like this is to show how resilient we are. thank you very much. it's good to have you here. >> thank you, rachel. >> i want to tell you that the fbi has set up a phone number for anybody to call request information on today's attack. they are describing their call for toips in terms of people who may
we have to think of this as a set of multi layer defenses. and because we have an attack like this does not mean that we are not safe. it means that we are going to live for the foreseeable future with -- what we should take from this is we have to defend against these things, reduce the likelihood of the big, big scale attacks, and then be really resilient. and we've heard that from first responders and bystanders about how they're not going to let this affect their lives. this is a tragedy,...
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the minister of defense decentralized decision making for captains and below. these are the steps that i believe have to be taken. i'm mindful of the challenges we had in the u.s. military when i came in as a platoon commander in the 1970's and we had significant attrition in the united states marine corps and in the united states army at that time. a big part of that was leadership. as leaders were held accountable and addressed that problem, the problem got better. this idea of leadership development is a two, three, five-year process but we're moving in that direction. -- the right direction. afghan leadership are being held accountable by the afghan chain of command. when they fail to perform they're being dismissed and i think that's a positive sign. >> and that effort will really depend on the credibility and confidence and the integrity of the afghan army, won't it? >> over time effective military action is important. >> i'm very concerned and -- with the contracts involving taxpayer dollars of the united states that may go to -- in effect benefit our en
the minister of defense decentralized decision making for captains and below. these are the steps that i believe have to be taken. i'm mindful of the challenges we had in the u.s. military when i came in as a platoon commander in the 1970's and we had significant attrition in the united states marine corps and in the united states army at that time. a big part of that was leadership. as leaders were held accountable and addressed that problem, the problem got better. this idea of leadership...
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i don't know whether it's morally defensible defensible. but in terms of national security in terms of self-preservation absolutely has the cia gone beyond its its mandate or beyond a point where. it is now actually hurting its own goals it that that's what that was my sense of the whole you know the guy hang in there with the right torture thing and is that this this is not helping us but it it may help in the short run but it certainly doesn't help in the long run and if you're if you're waging a war for hearts and minds. it's probably counterproductive what has happened to the and again correct me if i mean you know this is about i always thought that the f.b.i. did domestic the cia did international that there was a wall between the two they could communicate to a certain amount extent but they didn't step into each other's territory unless absolutely necessary is that still the case and if one did a system here's why i think it i think i think there is a separation colby was the director of central intelligence when the so-called famil
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the fact of the matter is the department of defense and the u.s. intelligence community and the fbi and homeland security are actively and pursuing adversaries on a regular basis. >> reporter: there have been near misses. in 2010 a car bomb began to detonate but there was no explosion. authorities were able to find and arrest the lone wolf now serving life in prison. ever since 9/11 security experts have worried about public events like the marathon and the super bowl and even the presidential inauguration. one former fbi intelligent agent told us given the huge presence pre-deployed bomb squad, this investigation could play out very quickly. law enforcement will no doubt look for ways to raise the bar on security protocols around the country. >> we have to disrupt and dismantle organizations that might seek to harm american public. >> with us now michael lighter. he's a former director of the national counter terrorism center. he was in the situation room the night of the bin laden raid. he's a national security analyst for us at nbc news. one of
the fact of the matter is the department of defense and the u.s. intelligence community and the fbi and homeland security are actively and pursuing adversaries on a regular basis. >> reporter: there have been near misses. in 2010 a car bomb began to detonate but there was no explosion. authorities were able to find and arrest the lone wolf now serving life in prison. ever since 9/11 security experts have worried about public events like the marathon and the super bowl and even the...
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tired army medical corps officer and a former senior adviser to the defense department says it might not be long before the strike turns fatal. typically people get very sick after about fifty days in which they've not had any food but are taking water so they may be getting very sick and i think there's a fear that a number may die within the next several weeks but all the world medical associations are categorically and ethically against force feeding the reason being is that it in fact disrupts what is most important which is establishing a constructive relationship were poorer with the hunger strikers and being able to discuss the terms of their protest the this is a they if they have it also. really overrides their autonomy which is very important in medicine we accept that as one of our ethical principles so that by and large most organizations across the world feel that it is not acceptable and in this particular case what it does not help resolve their grievances and help resolve the conflict that we're having between the detainees and the authorities. now allege the violatio
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this goes well beyond the purpose of self-defense. the desire to arm ourselves against a young man or willing who willingly risks their lives to defend our freedom -- soldiers, navy, marines, air force -- is not a reason to oppose an assault weapons ban. the wish to arm ourselves against the police who keep our streets safe is not a reason to oppose an assault weapons ban. i believe that as americans, we have a right to arm ourselves against criminals, but we don't need the ability to arm ourselves against the army or the police. the united states military is not out to get us. federal law enforcement, local police departments are not out to get us. these conspiracy theories are dangerous and they should be put to rest. in the real world, not this conspiratorial world that some live in. in the real world in addition to mowing down first graders assault weapons are used to shoot down the very people who are sworn to protect us. here's one real-world example in nevada. after serving nine months in afghanistan with his national guard uni
this goes well beyond the purpose of self-defense. the desire to arm ourselves against a young man or willing who willingly risks their lives to defend our freedom -- soldiers, navy, marines, air force -- is not a reason to oppose an assault weapons ban. the wish to arm ourselves against the police who keep our streets safe is not a reason to oppose an assault weapons ban. i believe that as americans, we have a right to arm ourselves against criminals, but we don't need the ability to arm...
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unwilling to do so the transfer of structures are difficult for example the choir the secretary of defense to personally certify that receiving state had taken steps to ensure that a prisoner can ever threaten the united states in the future whatever threaten might mean in that context. and obviously no state can guarantee that a future event will or will not occur but that was the point the point was to discourage transfers from guantanamo citizens of forty eight countries in total have been held in guantanamo since the opening of the prison in two thousand and two the majority of them were from afghanistan and over the years most of them have been transferred back to afghanistan the second largest group of captives were from saudi arabia then yemen then pakistan but you see the scope of the manhunt it included forty eight countries as of now it's not just yemeni nationals who are stuck in this legal limbo but the rest as well michael williams. senior advisor for guantanamo policy in the office of the legal advisor at the u.s. department of state testified before a human rights commission
unwilling to do so the transfer of structures are difficult for example the choir the secretary of defense to personally certify that receiving state had taken steps to ensure that a prisoner can ever threaten the united states in the future whatever threaten might mean in that context. and obviously no state can guarantee that a future event will or will not occur but that was the point the point was to discourage transfers from guantanamo citizens of forty eight countries in total have been...
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it was the crazy late 60s, early 70s when all of these young women were arming themselves for self-defense and they were sure the revolution was around the corner. >> michael: of course. i like that you are talking about that time in the united states, and we all have a picture of what it was like earlier, and how did it go from the 60s, peaceful it is inns, and then the '70s black power and militant feed. how did that happen? >> i think what happened with the civil rights movement was people were into that kind of protesting, and that was a very effective way to make great television, but what were the next steps? when change is always slow what were the next steps? so the next generation wanted to be more proactive. and i think what comes out of california along the lines of police harassment and brutality, the racial profiling is the panthers, and they decide to have guns -- which were legal to have, to defend their rights and communities, and again that is something that catapulted into this context of young people wants to change the world and make at it more just world. >> michael: i
it was the crazy late 60s, early 70s when all of these young women were arming themselves for self-defense and they were sure the revolution was around the corner. >> michael: of course. i like that you are talking about that time in the united states, and we all have a picture of what it was like earlier, and how did it go from the 60s, peaceful it is inns, and then the '70s black power and militant feed. how did that happen? >> i think what happened with the civil rights movement...
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it would expand that be on the department of defense so other u.s. government agencies could also have the same authorities we have been given as a result of that very helpful legislation, and also to address a different level of contracts in the past have been over $100,000. as would bring it down to a level below that. i do think we have had some improvement in that particular area as a result of that legislation. continuing to move in that direction would be very helpful. >> thank you. one last question. thechairman asked you about afghan interpreter's that were the subject of a recent piece in the new york times. i am very concerned about providing the kind of these as necessary often for the survival of these interpreters. providing the kind of visas necessary. do you have any observation about what we can do to improve the process? >> raising the visibility is important. i would put a personal face on it. one of the individuals waiting for a visa, who has applied to come back to the u.s. for many years was the interpreter that was with sergeant
it would expand that be on the department of defense so other u.s. government agencies could also have the same authorities we have been given as a result of that very helpful legislation, and also to address a different level of contracts in the past have been over $100,000. as would bring it down to a level below that. i do think we have had some improvement in that particular area as a result of that legislation. continuing to move in that direction would be very helpful. >> thank you....
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in fact, next week, we have a team led by the secretary of defense to work through this issue. this is not a new issue. i don't have the decision about the disposition of those the detainee's as we approach 2014. >> what would be the risk of not agreeing to a plan for these detainees? >> these people have to be kept behind bars. i don't know what the legal framework would be. an afghans have moved to evidence-based process for detention operations and will use a conflict from work. i'm not sure the afghan process would allow us to keep those third country natch -- nationals detained beyond 2014. we would have to look at that closely. >> thank you. mentioned 350,000 afghan forces which would not be the police force but the other forces? >> that is the aggregate of the police and the army left the afghan local police. three of 52,000 with the afghan uniformed police, the army, the border police and over that number, right now, is the afghan local police which are approved for a level of 30,000. >> how big a problem does attrition continued to be? >> it is a significant challenge.
in fact, next week, we have a team led by the secretary of defense to work through this issue. this is not a new issue. i don't have the decision about the disposition of those the detainee's as we approach 2014. >> what would be the risk of not agreeing to a plan for these detainees? >> these people have to be kept behind bars. i don't know what the legal framework would be. an afghans have moved to evidence-based process for detention operations and will use a conflict from work....
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japan seeing more missile defense contractors throughout the region receiving more money north korea is getting at least overtures from u.s. and south korea that they will get more. play at the negotiating table and china has so far managed to maintain north korea stopping it from time toppling so everyone has gotten what they want. out of this latest ploy so i think from here what we're going to see is at least some sort of attempt at some sort of talks but how fruitful those talks will be is i think another matter entirely when you talk about hopeful talks and hopeful fruitful talks so james i'm running very low on time a very quickly though if i may china is warning that a fourth nuclear bomb test in north korea could be imminent what is the north trying to prove at this point now well again those promises aren't worth the paper they're not written on that we've heard this rhetoric before so far nothing has materialized so i don't think we should believe it until we see it but at any rate i think it just has to be seen as part of the of the game that's being played right now anywa
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according to the iraqi defense ministry the truth is that they beat the. government in the meanwhile the protesters say that they were simply staging an. open fire along a preceding. bomb. in the southern baghdad neighborhood of. tens of thousands of iraq. the area. again i knew mr noir amahl to be in recent months now if you. are doing their minority community. do them from job also completing the. anti-terrorism laws that have been specifically. in the last few years and. violence dozens of. bombings. last week because. a lot action the trials on the. channel there. and the runoff. election. in the. problems. are and will. very much and i'm. going to come. now. and jim brann of the stop the war coalition told us a bit earlier in the program that simply put the ongoing violence in iraq is an extension of the devastating war the level of violence has never. gone back to what it was ten years ago after the war and talking about it's never return to that there's been terrible periods of around two thousand and six and against that things are much better but
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during out of funding shows a lack of commitment to the idea of self-defense. this is a huge signal to terrorists around the world if we will not harm our pilots. i think we have one training facility in new mexico where the pilots are trained. , the pilots complained about the costs and expenses and the time away. we have got training facilities for police man in every state. i do not see any reason we could not cooperate and make it a lot cheaper. i am for saving money. i do not mind saving money. we have all kinds of costs and training facilities for police officers and state troopers. it should not be done in one place. let them learn how to do it and have it done. there's no reason why you can't have local training. i would also take military officers who have had extensive training and i would exempt them from half of the program so they can save time and expenses on getting it done. i think idea of deterrence cannot be measured. you can't measure how important it is to have deterrence. i think a lot of us would argue that having pilots armed is a great d
during out of funding shows a lack of commitment to the idea of self-defense. this is a huge signal to terrorists around the world if we will not harm our pilots. i think we have one training facility in new mexico where the pilots are trained. , the pilots complained about the costs and expenses and the time away. we have got training facilities for police man in every state. i do not see any reason we could not cooperate and make it a lot cheaper. i am for saving money. i do not mind saving...
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. >> john: now 15,000 people as you mentioned came to your defense in this petition. how did that come about? >> once the stamp at my high school heard about this, and the students heard about this, they said there is no way that this is going to happen. you're one of us. you're a member of our community, and you're someone who gives back to our community we're not letting you leave. they stepped up to the plate. they said what can we do? they made it happen. >> john: now we know that you're trying to become a citizen in the country that you spent most of your life in. if your path of citizenship takes five years what do you plan on doing while you wait to go to medical school. >> i would not be able to apply for medical school until i am an u.s. citizen. i would have a good three years of just not being able to do anything because i wouldn't be able to apply for medical school. and if that's the case, then i plan to continue my cancer research in another lab and continue working with lower income women who are going through struggle with chemo and cancer battling. >>
. >> john: now 15,000 people as you mentioned came to your defense in this petition. how did that come about? >> once the stamp at my high school heard about this, and the students heard about this, they said there is no way that this is going to happen. you're one of us. you're a member of our community, and you're someone who gives back to our community we're not letting you leave. they stepped up to the plate. they said what can we do? they made it happen. >> john: now we...
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theenator, i attended defense ministerial in brussels and defense ministers agreed they would provide a thousand- 10,000 forces. i think it is fair to say our coalition partners are very much looking to see what the u.s. contribution will be before making a commitment. in many cases, our partners will need u.s. enabling support before they are able to commit. i mean specifically, a casualty evacuation, medical evacuation, which they cannot provide but would need to be in place in order for them to be committed. that so, is there anything we should be doing -- >> so, is there anything we should be doing in the lead up to 2014 to provide those assurances to folks so everybody is in agreement on what happens? >> i know the president is deliberating now. as he makes a decision about the basic framework, he has already committed to president karzai as recently as january that we would be there in some significant way post 2014. as president obama makes a specific decision, i think it is scoy to be a cub all levels of all levels to engage colette -- i think it is going to be us at allon all
theenator, i attended defense ministerial in brussels and defense ministers agreed they would provide a thousand- 10,000 forces. i think it is fair to say our coalition partners are very much looking to see what the u.s. contribution will be before making a commitment. in many cases, our partners will need u.s. enabling support before they are able to commit. i mean specifically, a casualty evacuation, medical evacuation, which they cannot provide but would need to be in place in order for them...
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they are not defenses but there is something about what's going on here. which is more laudable than the report makes a. i mean, i think i speak for everybody when i say that the level of thoroughness that was brought to this is second to none. we hope that even if there's some disagreement on the remedial side, that we all agree the report will place very powerful limits on what accounts -- to difficult situations we face in the past in which we must do everything in the future to avoid. >> let me also just and brief mention on the political part of the question. there's a lot like, not in my backyard for a project in this regard. there's a strong feeling among many, both sides of the political aisle, that these people that were brought to justice, put in a prison would be a danger to the united states, security problem for the united states. that has not proven to be true in other terrorist actions. the civil courts, the federal courts have been able to try these cases, get convictions. i think there's something like 300 prisoners that fall under the rub
they are not defenses but there is something about what's going on here. which is more laudable than the report makes a. i mean, i think i speak for everybody when i say that the level of thoroughness that was brought to this is second to none. we hope that even if there's some disagreement on the remedial side, that we all agree the report will place very powerful limits on what accounts -- to difficult situations we face in the past in which we must do everything in the future to avoid....
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about nuclear weapons is that and you know despite the expense many ways they offer a cheap form of defense compared with conventional g. forces now north korea hasn't got the in the economic wherewithal to come anywhere near the americans in terms of you know conventional arms and so nuclear weapons and they don't really need very much then you need them to be effective all they need is to have been there to do you agree that the americans think that they could retaliate if if if so clapped so it's quite close first on the korean point of view and that would go up to three of us south korea and japan is activity like warships and just interceptor missiles are all being pointed at korea is that all going to temporary do you believe. it's all going to to ten to ten point north korea. no i mean yes i mean not that i think the the actual crisis is now sort of winding down their merican follow ups the ante with this current range of august military exercises in order to stop a new south korean government from opening up in gauging the north. africa and he promised in the intellectual campaign s
about nuclear weapons is that and you know despite the expense many ways they offer a cheap form of defense compared with conventional g. forces now north korea hasn't got the in the economic wherewithal to come anywhere near the americans in terms of you know conventional arms and so nuclear weapons and they don't really need very much then you need them to be effective all they need is to have been there to do you agree that the americans think that they could retaliate if if if so clapped so...
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rick is this defensible in any way and does mr. murdoch even care? >> you picked a great word when you ask is it defensible because i think what the "new york post" is going to find, it is legally indefensible. there is a lot of great lawyers up in boston, i gotta tell you i hope the family of the 17-year-old, in particular, will be out shopping tomorrow. they have got a remarkable case here. they truly did. >> john: pay for college. >> i don't know if you -- they actually defended what they did saying they never called them a suspect. despite the fact that on monday, they called the saudi national a suspect when he was in fact, a person of interest and was also -- >> john: a guy running away from an explosion while brown. >> one quick thing to my fellow new yorkers, please, do not ever again buy a "new york post." i really mean it. they lost $110 million last year. they're ready to go down the drain. they deserve to go down the drain. do not give them any money. >> john: it has been that way since the '80s. rupert murdoch is the only media mogul who
rick is this defensible in any way and does mr. murdoch even care? >> you picked a great word when you ask is it defensible because i think what the "new york post" is going to find, it is legally indefensible. there is a lot of great lawyers up in boston, i gotta tell you i hope the family of the 17-year-old, in particular, will be out shopping tomorrow. they have got a remarkable case here. they truly did. >> john: pay for college. >> i don't know if you -- they...
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all of these factors play significant demands on the defense intelligence agency and the entire defense enterprise. as stated above i believe the most -- threat of cyberattacks through the daily occurrences of threats or damaging a variety of levels and not only persistent and dangerous but likely have serious damage to our national security is very real. potential adversaries are increasingly more capable of conducting cyberoperations. cyberattacks remain an important and increasing transnational threat to the security of the united states with state actors such as china russia iran and north korea integrating theselii io thei intelligence gathering methods and warfare doctrine. malicious actors including terrorist organizations have also demonstrated awillingness and capability of cyberset means to attack u.s. interests. one final point with regard to cyberattacks that we need to keep in mind. behind these attacks are human beings and some are nonstate individuals, some are state sponsored network studies with increasing capabilities and harmful intentions to do damage to our national
all of these factors play significant demands on the defense intelligence agency and the entire defense enterprise. as stated above i believe the most -- threat of cyberattacks through the daily occurrences of threats or damaging a variety of levels and not only persistent and dangerous but likely have serious damage to our national security is very real. potential adversaries are increasingly more capable of conducting cyberoperations. cyberattacks remain an important and increasing...
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. >> use a 19-game shotgun and have good defensive effect. i don't think this is applicable. there are people who want to make the argument but a .12-game shotgun. 2,000 weapons available for people without assault weapon. >> chris: we are running out of time so i won't give you a chance to answer that question, congressman king but i'll give you a chance to answer another question. this has spilled? debate on immigration reform. grassley, the senator from iowa says before we reform the system we have to focus more on who we let in the country. your response? >> well, first, i don't think it should have severe impact on the immigration debate. we should focus whether it should be refined and if people are coming from a country that has terrorist background. strong terrorist element that that country there should be extra vetting from that country. i'm grandson of immigrants. i have some concern with security aspect of immigration reform i don't think we should use it as an excuse to stop the debate. i do believe if someone is coming from country, which has strong al-qaeda any
. >> use a 19-game shotgun and have good defensive effect. i don't think this is applicable. there are people who want to make the argument but a .12-game shotgun. 2,000 weapons available for people without assault weapon. >> chris: we are running out of time so i won't give you a chance to answer that question, congressman king but i'll give you a chance to answer another question. this has spilled? debate on immigration reform. grassley, the senator from iowa says before we reform...
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he's a former defense defense attorney very well. i want to try to get to if we can clarity on the issue, which sthink of is e theydes my first question is, and if you could keep these answers as much as possible to yes or now so i can get through his many s possible, did dod officials consort you are members of your department regarding the decision to designate attacks on military and civilian personnel at the mac to work with violence? >> this is answer that is not yes or no. i'm just not familiar when interaction with advocate a part of defense with regard to this issue. >> of the witness would yield. this is a gentleman prosecuted by dod, by the department of defense, not the department of justice. john mchugh is a former republican is in his second term in the obama administration. this is a military procedure in terms of the trial of this gentleman and i want to make sure the record is clear, even though the gentleman is a great member and has every right to question that is not something the department of justice's handling.
he's a former defense defense attorney very well. i want to try to get to if we can clarity on the issue, which sthink of is e theydes my first question is, and if you could keep these answers as much as possible to yes or now so i can get through his many s possible, did dod officials consort you are members of your department regarding the decision to designate attacks on military and civilian personnel at the mac to work with violence? >> this is answer that is not yes or no. i'm just...
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the collective defense ministers and -- defense ministers agreed they would transfer forces for 2014. to give guidance for the general planning to take place. i think it is fair to say that our coalition partners are a very much looking for to see what the u.s. constitution will be post 20-14. -- post-2014. enabling support in most cases, i mean specifically evacuation post 2014, which they cannot provide but would need in place and for them to be committed -- would need inflation to keep it committed. >> is there anything we should be doing in the lead up to 2014 to provide those assurances to folks so everyone is in agreement on what happened? >> i do. i know the president is liberating now. as he makes a decision as far as the basic remarks, he has that wey committed would be there in some significant way post-2014. as he makes a specific decision i think it will be incumbent upon all of us to engage our coalition partners to ensure that we build the same effective coalition post 2014 that we have had over the past several years. i think it is a huge success story the way we brough
the collective defense ministers and -- defense ministers agreed they would transfer forces for 2014. to give guidance for the general planning to take place. i think it is fair to say that our coalition partners are a very much looking for to see what the u.s. constitution will be post 20-14. -- post-2014. enabling support in most cases, i mean specifically evacuation post 2014, which they cannot provide but would need in place and for them to be committed -- would need inflation to keep it...
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. >> gregg: you can hear the defense lawyers say that he was really brainwashed by his older brother. he was manipulated. he was emotionally and mentally easily and unduly influenced? >> no juror is going to buy it. when they look at what he has done, whether he was brainwashed many jurors will listen to this with such atrocity and such incredible damage to the million people that basically were in shutdown for 24 hours, it's ridiculous. >> it's all true but it may not be that easy during the phase of the case. jury will look at the fact this is a 19-year-old kid. we don't know what his mental capabilities was at the time. coercion aspect of it, mercedes is probably right, but i do think there is a chance he may be forgiven. >> he a college student. he is 19 years old, he is not a child. >> gregg: timothy mcveigh, they had to change the venue. do you expect a change of venue because similarly, bostonians were traumatized by it? >> i think they will try to. i don't think it will be emotional but i think it will be >> the whole country was so engaged. >> gregg: and the state could prose
. >> gregg: you can hear the defense lawyers say that he was really brainwashed by his older brother. he was manipulated. he was emotionally and mentally easily and unduly influenced? >> no juror is going to buy it. when they look at what he has done, whether he was brainwashed many jurors will listen to this with such atrocity and such incredible damage to the million people that basically were in shutdown for 24 hours, it's ridiculous. >> it's all true but it may not be that...
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. >> use a 19-game shotgun and have good defensive effect. i don't think this is applicable. there are people who want to make the argument but a .12-game shotgun. 2,000 weapons available for people without assault weapon. >> chris: we are running out of time so i won't give you a chance to answer that question, congressman king but i'll give you a chance to answer another question. this has spilled? debate on immigration reform. grassley, the senator from iowa says before we reform the system we have to focus more on who we let in the country. your response? >> well, first, i don't think it should have severe impact on the immigration debate. we should focus whether it should be refined and if people are coming from a country that has terrorist background. strong terrorist element that that country there should be extra vetting from that country. i'm grandson of immigrants. i have some concern with security aspect of immigration reform i don't think we should use it as an excuse to stop the debate. i do believe if someone is coming from country, which has strong al-qaeda any
. >> use a 19-game shotgun and have good defensive effect. i don't think this is applicable. there are people who want to make the argument but a .12-game shotgun. 2,000 weapons available for people without assault weapon. >> chris: we are running out of time so i won't give you a chance to answer that question, congressman king but i'll give you a chance to answer another question. this has spilled? debate on immigration reform. grassley, the senator from iowa says before we reform...
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she was an all big ten first team and defensive team selection during her time in columbus. that will do it for your morning sports. i'm kristen berset. have a great tuesday. >>> the 117-year history of the boston marathon is forever changed by a terrorist attack. >> coming up, we'll have the latest on the investigation in boston and where local law enforcement is stepping up security here. monika? >> on the northbound side of i- 95, it's just going to be your volume dale city to the occoquan river and then here in springfield. also an accident now route 1 northbound at sherwood haul lane. we'll be back with more news, weather and traffic in about three [ male announcer ] if you could re-design business travel from scratch, you'd make it about speed and efficiency; giving people the freedom to spend their time how they choose. chances are, you'd make business travel a lot like us. acela. take off. >>> good morning. women come back to wusa9. i'm andrea roane. >>> i'm mike hydeck. monika samtani has traffic momentarily. of course we'll get to the boston marathon tragedy in a b
she was an all big ten first team and defensive team selection during her time in columbus. that will do it for your morning sports. i'm kristen berset. have a great tuesday. >>> the 117-year history of the boston marathon is forever changed by a terrorist attack. >> coming up, we'll have the latest on the investigation in boston and where local law enforcement is stepping up security here. monika? >> on the northbound side of i- 95, it's just going to be your volume dale...
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> yes, secretary hagen completed his review and amazingly, it prompted proposal by the secretary of defense to change a portion of military law. it's not enough, but it's a good start. >> congresswoman, are you finding that the pentagon under chuck hagel, i know he hasn't been in office very long, he had a rocky confirmation process, do you have their attention? and are they responsive to your requests? >> they absolutely are. i don't think it could have gone anywhere near far enough. they say we have a zero tolerance policy and there's nothing like a zero tolerance policy going on out there. about you have increasing members of congress who are actively engaged in this conversation. recently a group of us were over at the pentagon meeting with the vice chiefs of staff at all levels, they are saying we're trying to change the culture. we're trying to change the training, we're trying to change our ability to talk about this. and part of what they need to do is change the number of prosecutions and laws. as anu said and you've heard, the military code of justice does not exactly follow civil
> yes, secretary hagen completed his review and amazingly, it prompted proposal by the secretary of defense to change a portion of military law. it's not enough, but it's a good start. >> congresswoman, are you finding that the pentagon under chuck hagel, i know he hasn't been in office very long, he had a rocky confirmation process, do you have their attention? and are they responsive to your requests? >> they absolutely are. i don't think it could have gone anywhere near far...
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responsibility for allowing and contributing to the spread of torture now david remes is a human rights and defense attorney representing a detainee he joined us earlier with the latest. well we don't know exactly what happened all we have is the military's word for what happened which i don't take at face value but according to reports the military moved most of the men who were in the most populous camp camp six which was a communal living arrangement into camp five which is an isolation cell arrangement they gave as a reason that they couldn't monitor the men in camp six because the men had covered the cameras but that doesn't wash because that situation has been going on for two or three months now i think that they're just trying to break the hunger strike and they picked a particularly brutal way to do it so the way i understand it military shows up in riot gear they essentially storm you know so basically that's not what happened but we're not really sure what happened do we know how many prisoners were involved well i do think it's clear that they moved the detainees and i do think it's cle
responsibility for allowing and contributing to the spread of torture now david remes is a human rights and defense attorney representing a detainee he joined us earlier with the latest. well we don't know exactly what happened all we have is the military's word for what happened which i don't take at face value but according to reports the military moved most of the men who were in the most populous camp camp six which was a communal living arrangement into camp five which is an isolation cell...